Adjustable lamp-bracket.



R. G. DEIHL.

ADJUSTABLE LAMP BRAGKET. APPLICATION FILED JUNB30, 1909.

Patented June 28, 1910.

T a J h 6 M a m G z. f z m 60 1 4W? 0w PM v r w UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

REUBEN G. DEII-IL, OF CRESSON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE LAMP-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN G. DEIHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cresson, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Lamp- Brackets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a mount or supporting means for signallamps, the purpose being to provide an article of this nature which willadmit of a variety of adjustments of the lamp to suit existingconditions so that the light may be positioned to the best possibleadvantage.

The invention has for its object further to provide a supporting platewhich may be attached either to a wooden or iron pole and to which thelamp mount may be adjustably connected in either an upright or a pendentposition, said lamp mount comprising an L-iron and an upright, thetension being adjustable upon a member of the L-iron toward and from theother member of said L-iron in order to adapt the mount to the lamp tobe attached thereto.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combinations of parts which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe appended claim. Referring to the drawings forming a part of thespecifications: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lamp bracketembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bracket, thesupporting plate and the vertical member of the L-iron being inhorizontal section on the line c0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe supporting plate. Fig. at is a vertical central section on the line3 g of Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The means for supporting the signal lamp comprise a supporting plate 1which is provided at one end with laterally extending wings 2. Thesupporting plate 1 is adapted to be secured to a wooden pole or likestruc ture by means of lag screws or fastenings passed through openingsformed in said plate. In the event of the supporting plate beingdesigned for attachment to an iron pole it is provided with a clamp Acompris- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 30, 1909.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Serial No. 505,275.

ing similar members each consisting of a base 3 and a jaw 4, the base 3being bolted to a wing 2 of the supporting plate and the jaws 1 havingouter extensions to receive a thumb bolt 5 by means of which the membersor jaws of the clamp may be drawn about the pole so as to hold thesupporting plate in the required adjusted position.

The lamp mount comprises an L-iron B consisting of a vertical member 6and a horizontal member 7 Vertical slots 8 are formed in the member 6and receive bolts or fastenings 9 which pass through the openings of thesupporting plate 1 and serve to secure the L-iron in the adjustedposition whether upright or inverted. The horizontal member 7 has a slot10 through which passes a threaded stem 11 formed at the lower end of anupright 12, the lower end of the threaded stem receiving a nut 13 so asto hold the upright 12 in adjusted position.

The signal lamp, not shown, may be secured to the upright 12 or mountedupon the horizontal member of the L-iron B according as may be foundmost convenient. It is observed that the supporting plate 1 may beadjusted both vertically and angularly upon the pole or other supportingdevice and that the L-iron B maybe adjusted vertically in either uprightor inverted position. To further adapt the mount to the lamp, theupright 12 is adjusted upon the horizontal member toward and from thevertical member 6. The several parts may consist of castings or beformed of bars or plates cut from sheet metal of proper gage orthickness.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation of the invention, together with the device which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claimappended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A lamp bracketcomprising a supporting plate, means for connecting said plate to a Qeeepoo support in the required adjusted position, an L-iron havinglongitudinal slots in its members, means for connecting the verticalmember of the L-iron to the supporting plate in adjusted position, anupright having a threaded stem at its lower end arranged to pass throughthe longitudinal slot in the horizontal member of said L-iron, and a nutfitted to the projecting end of said stem to secure the upright t0 thehori 1Q zontal member of the l -.iron in the required adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN G. DEIHL. lVitnesses:

ORVAL SEAMAN, A. B. SHAFFER.

